Method of attaching heels to boots or shoes



(NolMpdel'.) 2 sheets-sheet 2.

` l". P. RAYMOND; 2a. METHOD OP ATTAGHING HEELS T0 BOOTS -'0R SHOES.

No. 413,963. Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

'WWA/55555- 1 which involves the trimming of the heeli' VUNITED STATESPATENT Ormea.`

FREBORN F. RAYMOND, 2D, OF- NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

METHOD OF ATTACHING HEELS TO BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFIGATIONforn-ling part of Letters Patent No. 413,963, dated October29, 1,889.

Application filed July 25, 1887. Serial No. 245,178. (No model.)

To all whomA it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREEBORN F. RAY- MOND, 2d, of Newton, in the countyof Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States,have invented a new and useful Improvement inthe Method of AttachingHeels to the Soles of Boots or Shoes, of

'which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawings, forming apart of thisspeciication, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to a method of attaching heels to the soles ofboots or shoes,

blank before it is attached to the sole of the boot or shoe and theplacing of the trimmed heel-blank upon the outsole of the boot-or l shoeto which it is to be attached, the supporting of the same by abutmentshaving the conliguration or shape or substantially the configuration orshape of the trimmed edge of the heel, which are brought to bear againstthe side surfaces of the heel and held there while the.trimmed heel isbeing attached,

and the attachment of the trimmed heelblank while thus held supportedupon the outsole. Y

The lifts of the heel may be held intact `while under the operation oftrimming by any well-known means, among which may be mentioned pressureupon the same after piling up or applying an adhesive substance-to theindividual lifts to temporarily hold them together. i

In the drawings, Figure l represents in vertical section an ordinaryform of heel-blank.

l y Fig. 2 represents such heel-blank reduced to used in practicing themethod.

In the drawings, A represents the heelblank before it is trimmed; B, theheel-blank after it is trimmed, but before it is attached.

4 C represents the last or work-support, upon which the boot or shoe tobe heeled is held in a vertical position during the attachment of thetrimmed heel.

`D D represent two abutment-s, each of which has aV surface d, vwhichapproximates the shape of the trimmed surface d of the.

heel-blank. These abutments D D are adapted to be moved against the sidesurfaces of the heel with any degree of compression and to be heldlocked against the .side surfaces of the heel, so as to support the sameduring the attachment of the trimmed heel. The heelblank may eitherimmediately before or while it is held by the abutments D D be submittedto direct vertical compression by means of the movement of the last orwork-support C vertically against the templet E, or by the downwardmovement of the templet E in relation to the last or work-support. Theholes e are then formed orpricked in the trimmed heel while it is heldsupported or compressed, and attachingnails are then inserted intheseholes and are driven either singly or as a gang or group. I prefer thelast-named way. The heel-blank may then be either flush-nailed orblindnailed. If hush-nailed, the attaching-nails are driven so thattheir heads are iiush with the upper surface of the lift. Ifblind-nailed,

the heads of t-he attaching-nails are left eX- tended from the surfaceof the upper lift of the heel. This manner of driving the nails,however, is practiced only when the top lift is attached after thetrimmed heel-blank has been attached.

e represents the attaching-nails. I have already intimated that theabutments D D may be used either as a support for the side surface ofthe trimmed heel, in whichcase they act to maintain the trimmed heel inproper shape or form while it is being attached, or they may be utilizednot only to maintain this form and prevent the heel from being disturbedduring attachment, but also to exert compression against the sidesurfaces of the heel. This last-named action is desirable, especiallywhen a trimmed pieced heel is used; and by exerting upon the trimmedsurface of the heel a compression which may vary according to thequality of the stock and the IOO characterof the heel, the surfaces ofthe heel are provided with a finish and smoothness and density Which arevery desirable.

By trimming the heel-blank before it is attached it maybe trimmed morerapidly, more surely, and more cheaply than it can be trimmed after itis attached. By using abutments or supports Which bear against the sidesurfaces of the heel, and which act to support the same duringtheattachment of the trimmed heel, I am enabled to secure the trimmedheel to the soles of aboot or shoe Without mari-ing, injuring, ordisturbing the trimmed or finished surface.

I may use for trimming the heel-blank the trimming mechanism describedin the Henderson and Paine patent, Serial No. 220,920, or the Hendersonpatent, Serial No. 236,494. Said supports or abutments D D may beoperated as described in my patent, No. 347,061, or in any other desiredWay.

The templet E may be given the vertical v movement as described in theHenderson pat-- en t, No. 316,894, or the last or Work-support C may begiven the vertical movement in relation to the templet as described inmy patent, No. 322,560.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States- That improvement in the art ofmaking and attaching heels which consists in trimming a detachedheel-blank to the form substantiallyof a finished heel, locatingsaidfinished heel-blank upon the heel end of the outsole of a boot or shoeheld or supported by a last or jack, maintaining the trimmed contour ofthe edge of the heel-blank by side supports arranged to be held inContact therewith during the attaching of the heel, and the attaching ofthe heel while it is thus held, whereby the heel-blank is trimmed beforeattachment to the boot or shoe and its trimmed form maintained duringits attachment to the boot .or shoe and th'e subsequent trimming of theheel-blank rendered unnecessary, substantially as described.

FREEBORN F. RAYMOND, 2D.

In presence of- FRED. B. DoLAN, E. A. PHALEN.

